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The right of commanding is no longer an advantage transmitted by nature; like an inheritance, it is the fruit of labors, the price of courage.

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The abuse of grace is affectation, as the abuse of the sublime is absurdity; all perfection is nearly a fault.

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I am a little deaf, a little blind, a little important and on top of this are two or three abominable infirmities, but nothing destroys my hope.

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If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each other's throats, but there are thirty, and they live in peace and happiness.

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The system of Descartes... seemed to give a plausible reason for all those phenomena; and this reason seemed more just, as it is simple and intelligible to all capacities. But in philosophy, a student ought to doubt of the things he fancies he understands too easily, as much as of those he does not understand.

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A witty saying proves nothing.

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Love has various lodgings; the same word does not always signify the same thing.

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We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one.

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It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack.

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Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

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Better is the enemy of good.

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It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.

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It is only through timidity that states are lost.

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Perfect is the enemy of good.

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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.

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It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

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If we do not exert the right of eating our neighbor, it is because we have other means of making good cheer

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There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them.

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A lady of honor may be raped once, but it strengthens her virtue.

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